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(NoMo'deL) E. E. WORDEN 8: G. A. GROVER.

HAND DEVICE FOR THE SHIPPER 0R HAND ROPE 0F ELEVATORS. No. 344,557.Patented June 29, 1886 WITNESSES I INVENT EIHE 6mm A/ mvz/ %fl/M NITEEwares Y 'r Erica EDWIN WOEDEN, or soMEnviLLE, AND GEORGE A. GROVER, onnosron, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO SAID GEORGE A. GROVER.

HAND DEVICE FORTHE SHIPPER OR HAND ROPE OF ELEVATORS,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent P10344557, dated June 29,1886.

Application filed November 23, 1885. Serial No. 183,787. (No model.)

To all whom it nmz concern:

Be it known that we, EDWIN E. WORDEN, of Somerville, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, and GEORGE A. GROVER, of Boston,in the county of Suffolk and State aforesaid, have invented a HandImplement or Device for the Shipper or Hand Rope of Elevators, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof our hand implement. Fig. 2 isaplan of the same,showing one of the jaws elongated. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the same with a slight modification; Fig. 4, detail to bereferred to.

Our invention has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, and durabledevice or imple ment to be applied to the shipper or hand rope of anelevator, to be used as a substitute and protection for the hand; and itconsists in a novel combination of parts and certain details ofconstruction, aswill be hereinafter moreparticularly described, andspecifically claimed.

In the drawings, A B represent a pair of handles, their outer endsterminating in two pairs ofjaws,a, I), pivoted together by a verticalrod or bolt, 0, the jaws being intended to grasp and operatea shipper orhand rope, 0. Around this rod 0 is wound a spiral spring,D, the oppositefree ends of which are secured or attached to opposite handles, for thepurpose of opening the jaws a b, when closed together over the shipperor hand rope by operating thehandles A B, and also prevents the handfrom coming in contact with the shipper or hand rope when the implementis applied thereto.

To guard against the spring opening the jaws a Z) so far as to releaseor allow the ship per-rope to be removed therefrom, we provide a plate,f, secured by screws or otherwise to one of the handles, the said platebeing provided with a slot, 9, in which works a pin or screw, 71,projecting up from the opposite handle, thus limiting the movement ofthejaws a b. It will thus be seen that by operating the handles AB, thejawswill be clamped upon the shipper or hand rope, and thus operate the sameby pulling to stop or start the elevator.

E is a vertical rod placed in close proximity to the shipper-rope andfastened to the elevator, and upon this red the implement can be slid upand down to steady itin its movements and keep its jaws around theshipper-rope, the rod E passing through holes or apertures t, providedtherefor in the implement.

If desired a suitable stop or stops, it, may be provided on the rod E,to limit the range of motion ofthe implement up or down.

One of thejaws of the implement may be elongated, as seen in Fig. 2, forthe purpose of preventing the shipper-rope from slipping out of thejaws,and one of the upper and lower jaws may be provided with verticalprojections Z, Fig. 3, forming vertical clongations of the jaws for thepurpose, when the jaws ab are closed together, of cramping or bendingthe shipper or hand rope, and thus afford additional security againstthe shipper-rope accidentally slipping through the jaws a b, the innerfaces of these projectionsbeing curved or inclined to facilitate thecramping of the shipper or hand rope. The faces of the jaws c b may alsobe provided with a covering of wood,leather, or other suitable materialto protect the shipper-rope from wear, as seen in Fig. 4.

\Vhat we claim as our invention is as follows:

1. A grasping implement for shipper or hand ropes of elevators,comprising a double pair of jaws, a I), connected with each other by thehandles A B, the rod or bolt 0, spring D, for opening the same, and astop or device forlimiting the extent of the opening movement, allsubstantially as described.

2. In a grasping implement for shipper or hand ropes of elevators, thetwo pairs of jaws a I), connected with each other by the rod 0, andadapted to be operated by the handles A B and spring D, and having theelongated sections or projections Z, as and for the purposes described.

3. The combination of a grasping implement for shipper or hand ropes ofelevators, comprising the two pairs of spring-opened jawsa b and handlesfor closing them, with the rod '5 and stops k, substantially as deto beclosed or moved within the ends of the a long jaws a, substantially asdescribed,

Boston, November 14, 1885;

5 scribed EDWIN E. WORDEN.

4. Agrasping implement for the shipper or GEORGE GROVER hand ropes ofelevators, having the jaws a, Witnesses: curved or elongated to receiveand hold the W. J. CAMBRIDGE,

shipper-rope, and the short jaws 1), adapted J. Q. A. VVALDRON

